Article pocket for infant&#39;s folding bath stand



Nov. 13, 1956 c. c. SKIRVIN 2,769,985

ARTICLE POCKET FOR INFANTS FOLDING BATH STAND Filed Oct. 13. 1954 IN V EN TOR. CHESTER 6. SKIRV/N BYI%- I IIIS ATTORNEY ARTICLE PGCKET FOR MANTS FOLDING BATH STAND Chester C. Skirvin, Rochester, N. Y., assignor to Trimble, Inc., Rochester, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application October 13, 1954, Serial No. 462,067

2 Claims. (Cl. 4-177) This invention relates to an article pocket for an infants folding bath stand and has for its purpose to afford simple and efiicient means for supporting a pocket so as to provide maximum capacity, easy access, and to hold it more firmly and in a manner that facilitates inserting or removing articles into or from the pocket.

In such structures as heretofore manufactured, the article pocket has been supported from the top rail of the front leg frame or from the front of the tub, and the article pocket has consisted of a sheet of plastic or other fabric folded upon itself with the two laps secured together at one or more points between the attached ends to prevent excessive spreading and maintaining the pockets in operative relation, and it is a particular purpose of the invention to provide a pocket of greater capacity and with firmer support by securing the front and rear walls only at the ends and supporting the forward wall on a towel and hose rod that is positioned in relation to the front wall of the pocket so as to maintain the latter in most eflicient relationship to the rear wall of the pocket both horizontally and vertically and permitting the pocket to extend beneath the towel rod, thus doing away with the necessity of attaching the walls of the pocket except at their ends and providing greater capacity and easier access.

Another object of the invention is to construct and mount the towel rod in such a manner that it can most effectively support the front wall of the article pocket, and enable proper distancing between the front and rear walls of the pocket and most effective spacing between the top edge of the front, the top edge of the rear wall of the pocket, and the bottom of the pocket.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts that will appear more clearly from the following description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the novel features being pointed out in the claims following the specification.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a folding cross-legged bath stand and dressing table showing one embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The invention is illustrated in connection with a folding cross-legged bath stand including front and rear leg frames indicated at 1 and 2 respectively, which are pivotally connected at 3, while 4 designates a tub of plastic or other suitable fabric suspended and supported between the top rails of the front and rear leg frames, as usual in this type of construction. 5 is the dressing table provided with hinge plates 6 which are pivoted on the posts 7 that are rigidly attached to the legs of the rear leg frame 2.

8 designates the top rail of the front leg frame, and 9 designates the rear wall of the flexible article pocket 2,769,985 Patented Nov. 13, was

formed of plastic or other suitable fabric and connected at its upper end by heat-sealing to the plastic fabric of the tub 4 or otherwise suitably attached to the front wall 11 of the tub at a point beneath and in rear of the lower edge of the top rail 8, as illustrated in Fig. 2, so that the rear wall 9 of the pocket is located behind the top rail 8 for a purpose that will appear more clearly hereinafter.

The fabric pocket includes a front wall 12 that is sealed or otherwise attached at its ends to the rear wall 9 and is supported in such manner that its upper edge is located below the top of the rear wall 9 and a substantial distance forwardly of the rear wall 9 to permit ready access into the pocket, while the bottom of the pocket is below the towel rod and provides maximum capacity for articles to be placed in or removed from the pocket and convenience in access to the pocket. By thus positioning the front wall 12 and bottom of the pocket and supporting the pocket in the manner to be described presently, a pocket of maximum length is afforded with an unbroken interior, and is effectively held in proper relationship in a manner that avoids the necessity of attaching the front and rear walls of the pocket at one or more points intermediate their ends.

This is accomplished in the structure shown by constructing and mounting the towel and hose rod in such position as to enable supporting the front wall 12 of the pocket thereon. The towel rod is of the general type illustrated in Patent No. 2,464,674, March 15, 1949, and includes ends 13 that engage openings in the legs of the front leg frame to enable pivoting and folding the towel rod, rearwardly extending portions 15 that extend behind and laterally of the legs, and forwardly extending portions 16 that connect with the front or body 17 of the towel rod. Intermediate the ends of the body 17 of the towel rod, there is provided an inwardly offset portion 18 to support the front wall 12 of the pocket, and to accomplish this, the front wall is provided with a fabric strap 19 which engages over the inwardly offset portion 18 of the towel rod and has its ends attached to the inner and outer surfaces of the front wall 12 of the pocket in any suitable fashion, as by heat-sealing the plastic material.

Thus when the towel rod is in its operative position as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the flexible article pocket occupies the position approximately as shown in Fig. 2 with the front wall 12 of the pocket slightly beneath the offset supporting portion 18 of the towel rod and forwardly of the top rail 8 of the front leg frame. The front wall 12 and towel rod are located beneath the top rail 8 approximately as shown and the rear wall 9 of the pocket extends upwardly to the front wall 11 of the flexible tub to which it is attached somewhat rearwardly of the top rail 8, while the bottom of the pocket is located substantially beneath the towel rod 17 and the upper edge of the front wall 12.

This arrangement afforts an article pocket of maximum size and capacity and located in a position in relation to the top rail 8 so as to afford most convenient access into the pocket. The arrangement permits the normal operation and function of the dressing table and towel rod, and when the stand is folded, the towel rod can be folded upwardly, bringing the body of the towel rod and the front wall 12 of the pocket against the rear wall 9 of the pocket and endwise within the confines of the legs of the front leg frame.

While the invention has been described with reference to the particular embodiment illustrated, it is not restricted to the details herein disclosed, and this application is intended to cover such modifications or departures as may come within the purposes of the improvement or the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. In an infants folding cross-legged bath stand comprising pivotally connected front and rear leg frames having top rails, a fabric tub suspended between the leg frames on the top rails, and a towel rod pivotally mounted on the front leg frame, the improvement which consists in the fabric article pocket having a rear wall coextensive in length with the tub and attached at its upper edge throughout its length to the fabric tub along a line beneath and in rear of the top rail of the front leg frame, the article pocket including a front wall coextensive in length with the rear wall and attached at its ends to the ends of said rear wall, said front wall being spaced between its ends from the rear wall and having its top edge located substantially beneath the top of said rear wall, the bottom of the article pocket being located beneath the top of said front wall and beneath said towel rod, and the front wall of the pocket being provided at its central portion with means extending thereabove and connected to the towel rod.

2. In an infants folding cross-legged bath stand comprising pivotally connected front and rear leg frames having top rails, a fabric tub suspended between the leg frames on the top rails, and a towel rod pivotally mounted on the front leg frarne, the improvement which consists in a fabric article pocket having a rear wall coextensive in length with the tub and attached at its upper edge throughout its length to the fabric tub along a line beneath and in rear of the top rail of the front leg frame, the article pocket including a front wall coextensive in length with the rear wall and attached at its ends to the ends of said rear wall, said front wall being spaced between its ends from the rear wall and having its top edge located substantially beneath the top of said rear wall, the bottom of the article pocket being located beneath the top of said front Wall and beneath said towel rod, the towel rod having a rearwardly offset portion intermediate its ends, and a fabric supporting strap connecting said offset portion of the towel rod with the central portion of said front wall.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Kennedy Nov. 29, 1955 

